Player’s Name: Lance Berkman
Player’s Position: 1B
Player’s Current Team: Houston Astros
Price I Paid for the Card: I bought this card on eBay for $2.25.
Set it’s from: 2004 Donruss Diamond Kings
What it’s Worth: Beckett has it listed for $15.00.
Why I like this card: It’s funny how the Astros seem to produce one monster hitter just as one retires. In the 1990s Glen Davis retired and Jeff Bagwell stepped up to be the man. Then just 2 years ago, Bagwell retired just as Berkman started to become a monster hitter. Lance has evolved into an amazing hitter his career average is 0.303/35/116, that is over the course of 10 seasons. At the age of 32 he is sitting on 271 home runs, it is very believable to see him getting to 500 homers. I do think that he has at least 8 years left and at an average of 30 per year, we are looking at 240 more homers, which would put him at 511. That would put him in the Hall of Fame. Also, sitting at over 1300 hits, he has a shot (albeit an outside shot) of hitting 3000 total hits. The part of the card I like best is that it’s dual game used (jersey and bat). Plus I love the Diamond Kings portraits, something I have always loved about the Donruss product.
Why it’s a Cheap Hit: Since I really believe that he will be a Hall of Famer, this is a no brainer as far as picking it up for the price I paid. This is truly a buyer’s market in the world of eBay. You can usually get very good player’s game used cards for fairly cheap. If you are a devoted reader of my blog, you already know there are plenty of deals to be had on eBay. As a result, I have noticed that it has become harder to land these gems. I know that my little blog has very little to do with this, But I will have to wait a few more weeks for the activity to die down.
Will if ever be worth more? I don’t know, I think the closer he gets to the 500 HR and 3000 hit milestones, the price will go up. But it is very difficult to believe that it is going to up go much more than what it is worth.
